There is a memorable photograph taken by the Nation newspapers in 1990 that shows, President Kibaki, then the health minister viewing the remains of Dr Ouko.
Many Kenyans were sure in 2002 that with Kibaki in State House, the killers of Dr Ouko would finally face justice. Today as the president completes the final leg of his five-year term, it is clear that this will never happen under his watch. It is also clear that if re-elected, chances are nil that anything will happen in this regard.
Yet the president should have taken a leadership role in getting Ouko's killers to face justice, especially when there is enough evidence available to convict, according to expert opinion.
Why is it so important to bring to book the known murderers of Ouko? The best answer to that question is another question. How can Kenyans look at themselves in the mirror every morning and keep a straight face while ignoring this brutal murder of 17 years ago as not being important or even a priority at the moment?
Well, the past is about to catch up with the Kenyan people in a most unpleasant way. The people who killed Ouko have refused to let go of politics and are now positioning themselves to influence the forthcoming elections in a major way and thus deny Kenyans the dream of a genuine new beginning that most desire deeply. These are powerful and devious persons who are greedy and selfish and if not stopped will plunge this country into chaos. Sadly these people are friends of the Kibaki administration.
Somebody who has killed, is bound to kill again and again. Is this what Kenyans want to live with, more so in view of escalating crime in the country?
It is interesting how every criticism of the Kibaki government these days is viewed as "tribal". Just launch a site today and dare criticize the Kibaki administration. The result would be that "angry" readers calling you an uncircumcised Luo (most of the leaders that the most powerful nation in the world, America has had over the centuries have been uncircumcised so what is the big deal all about?) and a Raila Odinga sympathizer would soon litter your blog.
But let us all sober up for a minute and analyze this situation candidly for a moment. A vote for Kibaki in the forthcoming elections will be a vote to retain the status quo. It does not matter what tribe you are, but if you can live with a clean conscience when the murder of an innocent Kenyan, whose only mistake was to fail to be as corrupt as his colleagues in the cabinet, still hangs heavily over the country… when a widow still lives in fear in this great nation and when persons in far away lands still peer anxiously over their shoulders wondering if some gunman will suddenly emerge from nowhere to pump bullets into them…
If you can cast a vote for the incumbent and not be bothered in your conscience about a murder most foul and so brutal that Dr Ouko painfully fractured bones in his leg before he died, not to mention other torturous acts committed against him before death finally and mercifully came through a bullet fired by a gun held next to his head…
If my fellow Kenyan you can vote and live with those facts, and still play with your children and grand children knowing that you want a good secure future for them in this country…
…then I have no words for you. It really does not matter what tribe you are.
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